Monday, September 12, 2011

Tragic Russian plane crash

Rescuers work at the crash site of a Russian Yak-42 jet near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles northeast of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011.The aircraft, carrying the Lokomotiv ice hockey team, crashed while taking off Wednesday in western Russia. Josef Vasicek, who played for the Carolina Hurricanes from 2000-2007, was among the dead.